Analysis: “Latin America Has Been Sleeping for 200 Years; Progress Key Is Cell Phones.”
What will 2021 bring to Latin America? More unemployment, more poverty and perhaps more violence. Is that inevitable?
January 18, 2021Topic
World Bank
World Bank Raises Latin America’s GDP Growth Projection for 2021 to 3.7%
The World Bank (WB) reported on Tuesday, January 5th, that it projects an economic growth of 3.7% in Latin America...
January 6, 2021
Increased Productivity Key to Brazil’s Growth Says World Bank
If Brazil can boost labor productivity, the country's GDP could rise from 1.8 percent to 4.4 percent, according to the...
March 8, 2018
World Bank Forecasts 0.3 Percent Economic Growth for Brazil
The financial market is more optimistic, forecasting growth of 0.5 percent due to the positive GDP growth results for Q1/2017.
June 6, 2017
IMF Improves Brazil’s GDP Outlook for 2016 and 2017
According to the international organization, although Brazil's outlook is better, economic growth should only be seen in 2018.
July 20, 2016
‘Brazil Cost’ Bureaucracy Continues to Hinder Business
A new study by the World Bank confirms the efficiency problem, showing that Brazilian companies need fifteen times longer to...
August 6, 2015
The End of the Sand Era
That being said, it is fair to say sand is the second most widely used material in sheer volume in...
September 10, 2013
Brazil’s Wealthiest Hide US$520B: Daily
By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In a study The Price of Offshore Revisited, commissioned by...
July 23, 2012
BRICS May Offer Support to Struggling EU
The strong position of Brazil and other developing nations during the current economic crisis could see them helping out debt...
September 20, 2011